Breakdown of Lei è bendata e annusa la scatola.
Questions & Answers about Lei è bendata e annusa la scatola.
Why do we use annusa here instead of the sapere di structure from this lesson?
Annusare means to actively smell or sniff something. You use sapere di when an object emits a smell. If we wanted to describe what the box smells like, we would use the lesson's structure: la scatola sa di legno (the box smells like wood). Could I use the verb sentire instead of annusare to say she smells the box?
You could say sente l'odore della scatola, but annusare is more precise here. Sentire is a general verb for perception (hearing, feeling, smelling). Annusare emphasizes the deliberate, physical action of sniffing to investigate something, which fits perfectly since she is blindfolded. I've also seen the verb odorare. How does it fit in with annusare and sapere di?
Odorare can mean both to actively sniff (like annusare) and to emit a scent (like sapere di). Because it can be ambiguous, Italians generally prefer annusare for the active action of sniffing, and sapere di for describing what something smells like. What is the noun behind the adjective bendata?
It comes from la benda, which translates to a bandage or a blindfold. Essere bendato literally means to be bandaged or blindfolded. Because it acts as an adjective here, the ending changes to -a to agree with the feminine subject Lei. Learn Lei è bendata e annusa la scatola and more in Italian
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